Textile

Zapotec Pedal-Loom Weaving

Biaa Xigie'Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca · Mexico

Hand-carded wool rug and serape weaving of Oaxaca dyed with fermented añil indigo, wild marigold, and crushed cochineal scale insects.

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The tradition & historical record

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In the Zapotec valley town of Teotitlán del Valle, family workshops card Sierra Juárez churro wool by hand and dye skeins in earthen vats of añil indigo and grana cochineal harvested from nopal cacti. ^[1]

Recorded in the archive with primary workshop documentation; awaiting a formal dated census to assign a four-lamp condition mark. ^[2]

Transmission & Custody

Documented custodians and practitioner lineages: Master Weavers of Teotitlán del Valle & Santa Ana del Valle.

Sources on Record

[1]Zapotec Pedal-Loom Weaving — Folkroom Primary Archive Dossier (Mexico) · National Inventory

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